• Message from the Director-General

• Ageing: Exploding the myths

• Myth No.1: Most older people live in developed countries
  

• Myth No.2: Older people are all the same

• Myth No.3: Men and women age the same way

• Myth No.4: Older people are frail

• Myth No.5: Older people have nothing to contribute

• Myth No.6: Older people are an economic burden on society

• Action towards Active Ageing

• Ageing and Health at WHO

• The facts

• Global Movement for Active Ageing

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Ageing: Exploding the myths (24 pages 2,7 MB)
Global Movement for Active Ageing (6 pages 450 kb)
Global Movement for Active Ageing (2 pages version, 250 kb)

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